Hexagram:The Marrying Maiden →Hexagram:The Gentle
I Ching Transformation
54
The Marrying Maiden
Gui Mei
Thunder / Lake
→
57
The Gentle
Xun
Wind / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle
Lower TrigramLake →Windjoyous to gentle
Yilin Verse
作新初陵，爛陷難登。三駒摧車，斲頓傷頤。
Building a new hillside road; the soft ground collapses, impossible to climb. Three colts wreck the cart; the axle shatters and strikes the jaw.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 54 (The Marrying Maiden) to hexagram 57 (The Gentle). In the I Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.